Shed Haulers is community of professional drivers that haul portable buildings for a living. On Saturday, March 2, the group will host its second annual Shed Haulers Bash in Belvidere, Tennessee. The Bash will include competitions, food and more. Organizers say more than 200 drivers will be attending the event,[Read More…]
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Marketing Angle: Man Cave vs. She Shed
Tuff Shed uses some interesting marketing techniques (anybody remember the motorcycle riding over the tops of sheds?). This year the shed builder is pitting man caves vs. she sheds. Tuff Shed has created two, 30-second backyard makeover ads. One ends with a she shed, the other with a man cave.[Read More…]
Georgia-Pacific Completes Talladega Facility
Georgia‐Pacific celebrated the official start of production at its newest lumber facility in Talladega, Alabama, in January. The $100‐million, 300,000‐square‐foot, technologically advanced plant took nine months to complete. The plant currently employs more than 130 full-time employees and will generate an estimated $5 million in annual payroll. To celebrate the[Read More…]
Great Country Timber Frames Hosts 4th Annual Open House
Great Country Timber Frames in Ellington, Connecticut, hosted its fourth annual open house January 19. The event drew nearly 400 people from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, Wisconsin, Texas, and Florida. Great Country Timber Frames is The Barn Yard’s sister company and specializes in timber frame homes and commercial projects. All[Read More…]
Roseburg Makes Leadership Moves
Roseburg Forest Products reports that Jake Elston will join the company as senior vice president of operations on February 18, 2019. In addition, Mike Reardon was named director of industrial products manufacturing, effective January 1. Elston will be responsible for all Roseburg manufacturing operations, including both industrial and structural products.[Read More…]
In Remembrance … ‘Coach Thom’ Finn
It is with heavy hearts that we at Shed Builder Magazine learned that Thom Finn (aka Coach Thom) passed away unexpectedly last weekend. Coach Thom was well known in the shed industry, coaching many businesses to greater success. He was known for his strict accountability, but he also had one heck[Read More…]
North Country Storage Barns Moves to Bigger Store
Earlier this month, North Country Storage Barns moved from its Marcy, New York, location to a new store in Yorkville, the company reports. North Country Storage Barns says the Marcy location began when the company merged with Solid Bilt sheds about three years ago. The merger took place to widen the[Read More…]
Univest Financial Awards $5,000 To Quakertown Community Outreach
Univest FinancialSM recently announced Quakertown Community Outreach as the winner of its seventh annual Caring for Community Giveaway, a contest that awards $5,000 to a local, nonprofit organization. Quakertown Community Outreach’s mission is to provide a network of resources, services and support to the homeless and at-risk in the Quakertown community. The group[Read More…]
Budden Appointed to UFPI Board of Directors
Universal Forest Products Inc. (UFPI) has appointed Joan Budden to its board of directors effective January 1. She is president of Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Priority Health. Budden joins the board with 30 years of healthcare experience. She joined Priority Health in 2009 as chief marketing officer and was named to[Read More…]
Changes to Södra’s Group Senior Management
Södra, a forest-owner association for wood products based in Sweden, reports that its current CFO, Anna Belfrage, has made a decision to resign on May 31. “Anna Belfrage has been a competent and ambitious person and during her tenure as CFO, she has developed and improved Södra’s accounting, IT and[Read More…]
